David E. MorenoDanceSan Francisco,
Netta Yerushalmy made a stunning San Francisco debut with an abridged version of her "Paramodernities." This sophisticated six-part series will have its world premiere at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival this August. Three of these parts were presented for ...
David E. MorenoMusicSan Francisco,
Philip Glass @ 80ish
When “Music With Changing Parts” premiered in New York in1970 it was at once revolutionary, persistent, repetitive, annoying, hypnotic, challenging, and otherworldly. People walked out while others were completely mesmerized. The future had arrived and ...
Toba SingerTheaterSan Francisco,
"Until, Until, Until . . . is a play accompanied by a multi-media video installation. It's an interrogation of the facts and misinformation surrounding the controversy about the famous 1981 televised performance by Broadway actor and dancer Ben Vereen, that ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
All three works on this evening's program are locally sourced archived ballets. Those who have seen them in other seasons can reflect on how they stand the test of time and a new call-up of dancers takes on the tasks ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
It is hard to name a work that creates otherworldliness all of one piece as does George Balanchine's sky blue "Serenade." To do justice to the Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky score, dancers must arrive floaty, swift, and punctual, contradictory though those ...
Emily S. MendelArt & ArchitectureSan Francisco,
Yes, there was an actual person named Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) from whence the epithet originated. The Venetian libertine and adventurer, author of his "Histoire de ma vie," a gaudy and glamorous 12-volume account of his sexual adventures in the ...
David E. MorenoDanceSan Francisco,
“Closer” (2009)
“Hearts & Arrows” Film (2014)
“Sarabande” (2009)
Benjamin Milliepied's, L.A. Dance Project not only made its San Francisco debut this week, but also launched the Bay Area's new Pivot performance series that promises "innovative, creativity and ...
Michael McDonaghMusicSan Francisco,
The Austro-Hungarian empire may have died long ago but its musical products are still alive and kicking. Vide the San Francisco Symphony and its outgoing music director Michael Tilson Thomas pairing Mozart -- born Salzburg; Beethoven -- born Bonn; Richard ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
The boisterous opening to the Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty overture can invite slices of a dancer's life to flash before one's eyes. For at least three generations, elements of this score have been the mainstay accompaniment to many a dance student's ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
Having followed Australian-born Danielle Rowe's ballet career since she was a principal dancer with Houston Ballet, and then having seen her perform with Nederlands Dans Theater in The Hague, then again in British choreographer Christopher Bruce's "Intimate Pages," in a ...
